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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Minutes 07/12/1976MINUTES OF MEETING OF ,.: PETA -UMA:, COMMUNITY.,DEVELOPMENT .COMMISSION PETALiIMA ,CITY. COUNCIL . ,•...' :.. PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA J;ULY 12 , 19 7 6 ADJOURNED MEETING: <;= "The adjourned meeting of the Petaluma Community.De-' : velopment Commission.and the 'Petaluma City .Council was called to order by Helen Putnam; acting as.Chairman of the"'Comm ission-and Mayor -of the -City of.Petaluma at the hour of 7:30 p.m.. PURPOSE OF MEETING: To conduct &joint public hearing to consider and,. -act upon the Redevelopment.Plan'for the Petaluma Central Business District Redevelopment Project and the Final '-Environmental Impact Report on the Redevelopment -Plan. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:- Mayor,,Putnam led the audience and: members of the . Council in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL: Present: Councilmen Brunner, Cavanagh, Harberson, Hi'lligoss,.Mattei, Perry and Mayor Putnam. 'Absent': None. ROLL CALL OF Present: Commissioners•Brunner; Cavanagh, Harberson 2 COMMIISSIONr `' Hilligoss, Mattei, Perry and Chairman•Putnam.. Absent:. None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES..-The:minutes of the,, Petaluma .Community. Development Com mission of Jure•.7:; 19763'-were approved-after.the Clerk ,,,had been advised:of a clerical error to be corrected. I�'jAPPROVE AMENDMENT:. PCDC Resolution No. 15.amending.by-laws to change._reg-. GO TC COMMIISSION`BY ular meeting day of the Community Development Commis- LAWS, PCDC RES. #15. sion from.'the first to the second Monday of each•month . was introduced by Commissioner Mattei, seconded by Commissioner-Harberson and adopted by 7 affirmative votes. ((�� AMEND & REVISE,•RUIES'� PCDC Resolution No...16 amending and revising rules:for CJ FOR OWNER -PARTICIPANTS _°�roduced1b1nCommissionerPHarbersond'evelo went was ��6!! p PCDC f�1:6 y , seconded. by "Com- �(� mission.er Hilligoss and..adop.ted by four affirmative votes and three abstentions. JOINT PUBLIC HEARING:...; Proceedings:of-the entire,mee'ting.,-including the -public REDEVELOPMENT PLAN; hearing.,- were recorded by a certified shorthand reporter �J FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL -arid-are a part of, the.: official records of the °City IMPACT REPORT Clerk of the`Petaluma City Council and the Recording Secretary of the Petaluma Community Development Commission. Prior to.the testimony to. -be given at the Public Hearing, the Court Reporter asked all members-of`the`staff of the,.Community Development Coinmission,,the City of Petaluma,: and•of the'Consultants- involved in the preparation of any part of the Rede-�,*elopment Plan or'the Environmental Impact Report, as well as citizens who desired to'gve testimony in favor of or -opposed -to any..portion•of the proceeding to stand and be. sworn. General -Counsel Matthew Hudson.recited the eight findings to be made by the Commission and'the City Council, as contained in Section 33367 of the Health and Safety Code, after all testimony for -and against the:Redevelo_pment Plan and the Environmental -Impact Report.was heard. Project,Manager., Ms. Janie Warman,. presented Exhibits "A" through "L" to the Court Reporter,.who, in turn; gave them to the"Recordiiig,Secretary to be made a part of the official .`records: _ July.12, 1976', Persons giving testimony who had' been 'irivolve'd� �in:`,•the •preparation of the Re- development Plan and the Environmental impact:'Report are as follows: Ms. Janie Warman, Project Manager - David A. Breninger, Assistant City Manager,, City of Petaluma Ronald F. Hall, Planning Director, City of Petaluma -Rudy M. Lonac, Chief'Building Inspector, City of Petaluma David A. Young, City. Engineer,.City of.Petaluma John L. Scharer, Finance Director, City of Petaluma Dennis DeWitt, Lieutenant (Acting Police Chief) City of Petaluma Joseph F., Ellwood; Fire Chief, City of'Pet.aluma Clyde B. Thomas, Fire. Marshal, City of Petaluma Frank -Fargo, Consultant, Wainwright &"Ramsey.:: Larry"Kennings, Consultant, EDAW, Inc. Allison.Mdssa, EDAW, Inc. Frank B.-Gray, Community Development & Services Coordinator, City of Petaluma Testimony infavor of the project The following persons.spoke in favor of the Redevelopment Plan: Dick Lieb; Chairman Project' Area Committee Firm: -Lieb & Quaresma,.1 Bbdega Avenue, Petaluma Jim Williams, -The Village Shop and .The Apple .Box 122-124.-Kentucky Street, Petaluma Joan Paddor, Association of American University Women, member, Project Area Committee, 507 Larch Drive, Petaluma ` Robert-T.Stimson, Insurance Broker (also member. of the Petaluma School District Board of Trustees), 221 Petaluma Blvd. So., Petaluma John Torrens, Resident in Project Area, 10 Keller Street Skip Sommer,. -Developer, The. Great.Petaluma.Mill, member of the Project Area Committee Walter Kieckhefer, 472 Ignacio Blvd.., Novato, CA 94947 Clark. Thompson; Modern Eve, Shop, 133 Kentucky, Street., Petaluma Jeff' Harriman, Building'Restoration, 15,Fourth St., Petaluma. Henry Meyer,, The.Bicycle Factory, 143 Kentucky Street, Petaluma Dean Merrick, Excavating, 106 Washington St „ Petaluma. Frederick K..Schram, General Manager and Vice-President,.Petaluma'Area Chamber..of Commerce, 10 Petaluma Blvd. No., Petaluma Wallace Lourdeaux, Building Restoration, 15 Fourth St., Petaluma Carolyn Geiger, Secondary.School Educator .(member of Project.Area 'Committee), 1641'Weaverly Drive, Petaluma Joseph Nail; Keig's Shoe Store, 115 Petaluma Blvd. No., Petaluma Kenneth Brown, Weller -Hopkins Furniture Co.', Western & Keller Streets, Petaluma Toby lZoss, III Hill Boulevard, Petaluma. Fred V. Mattei, Mattei Bros., 140 Kentucky Street, Petaluma * Jim McCormick, .1018•Santa__Clara Lane, Petaluma. Originally spoke in opposition, but later changed his testimony to favor the project. July 12,-1976: r' Testimony 'in opp5os'ition to. -the pro_.i'ect:- - er�.". Y.. d; Petaluma' Ernest E� Curtis Ritals'� & s :emi-`retired --1277 Ely Roa * Jim,`Mc,Cormlck '1018 Santa. Clara Laiie,''"'Peta'luuza` . Philip, L. Joer-ger', '7,00 Fair -Avenue, Petaluma John: J. Kin Real Estateand Insurance, 155. Kentucky Street, Petaluma .• Harold_ W,. Wojcechowski, 831.Mad'son Street, Petaluma. ' George.. Lackey, 'Singer,Sewing Machine Dealer_, 113 Petaluma`Blvd. No., Petaluma , Robert 'McLaughlin, McLaughlin.s Jewelers, 119 Kentucky Street., Petaluma All persons giving testimony were required to state whether 'or riot they had been duly Uorn and ,if: not..were 'given the oath by .the Court Reporter before giving. _ testimony..= Written . testimony:' ` Petition signed -'by 28 merchants in the downtown area and one' from a, businessman,.:, .. .:.; . ,.. in the area favoring the -Redevelopment Plan; and�.two letters:. written .by the ' -same person opposing .the Redevelopment Plan are. contained"in,Exhibits IV' and Af ter- hearing . ail ,the testimony for and ,against the' Redevelopment Plan, Chair- man Putnam'permit.ted' the. following persons to make rebuttals,: Skip Sommer.,, The Great- Petaluma Mill Jim - William- s,`'The Village"Shop '& The Apple Box, Jim :Mccormick,•i 1019` Santa- Clara Lane. . ' (It was at -this time Mr. McCormick indicated he .would withdraw'his opposition.and'favor the,proJect.) ; Philip L. Joerger, ?700 -Fair Avenue,, Petaluma _ The public hearing was then':declared closed. CERTIFY COMPLETIONRes olution.No. 17 of„ the Petaluma Community ON _FINAL EIR'aDevelopment. Commission cent fying..the completion of.:a r ;: � 0 PCDC RES.1#l7%1 Final',Environmental Impact Report. for the 'Petaluma - _:'-Central Business District, Redevelopment Proj:ect'was, 4 introduced by Commissioner Harberson, seconded:•by Com- " mssioner Hlligoss and adopted by ,four affirmative votes and three.abstentionaa CITY COUNCIL '_S - "Special Counsel Joseph Coomes advised the State law . CONSIDERATION OF ; ''„ required, 'before-..proceedirig to act on,. the Plan,, the TESTIMONY: City Council shall pass upon written,and oral obj;ec- REDEVELOPMENT PLAN '" Lions.' The recommended procedure, if it is the intent -to act upon the Plan, would be to overrule written and oral objections to the Redevelopment Planar A motion was made.by Councilman Harberson,.seconded by Councilman Hilligoss'to overrule the written'•and oral objections to the Redevelopment Plan. Motion, carried unanimously.' :. APPROVE' & ADOPT '; Ordinance. No. 1221 N,.'C..S. , approving, and adopting the REDEVELOPMENT. PLAN`' . _..;.Redevelopment Plan for the Petaluma Central Business _ 'FOR PETALUMA 0D District Redevelopment Project was introduced by-Council- ORD._i�1221 N,.C:S:°• '•-man'Harberson, seconded by Councilman Hilligoss and ..,-ordered published by four affirmative votes and three absentions.. -' .329, - July 12, 197•6:. ADJOURNMENT::-; .. There. being no further- business to come before the Petaluma Community.Development Commission and the Petaluma City Council, the.meeting was adjourned at 11:45 p.m. v. Mayor Attes.,t_' . Cityxlerk ,